Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would not Threaten the Disabled
In the following viewpoint, the Hemlock Society, a national right-to-die organization, responds to the claim that legalizing voluntary euthanasia would put disabled persons at risk of being killed without their consent. The Hemlock Society maintains that it supports voluntary euthanasia only for mentally competent, terminally ill individuals who specifically and repeatedly request it. According to the authors, there is no evidence that disabled persons have anything to fear from the right-to-die movement. Unfounded fears, the Hemlock Society concludes, should not impede efforts to make...
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- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Should Voluntary Euthanasia Be Legalized?
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Would Legalizing Euthanasia Lead to Involuntary Killing?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Legalizing Euthanasia Would Lead to Involuntary Killing
- Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would Threaten the Disabled
- Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would not Threaten the Disabled
- Safegurads Cannot Prevent Abuse of Legalized Euthanasia
- Safeguards Can Prevent Abuse of Legalized Euthanasia
- Periodical Bibliography
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Should Physicians Assist in Suicide?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Assisted Suicide is an Ethically Acceptable Practice for Physicians
- Assisted Suicide is not an Ethically Acceptable Practice for Physicians
- Physicians Should be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Physicians Should not be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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